Earlier this year, Pitt Ohio executive Jim Fields talked to a neighbor who works for the University of Pittsburgh. The neighbor….is a renowned expert on how financial stress impacts the cognitive skills and performance of workers. Fields was interested to see where this might lead.
After four more states voted to approve legalization of marijuana Tuesday, it appears the Department of Transportation will stand by its previous stance that using marijuana is forbidden for truck drivers as long as it remains a Schedule I drug.
As an update to the figures published by CCJ last month regarding trucking contributions to the 2016 election cycle, trucking industry political contributors gave $6.32 million to political campaigns this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Cargo theft reporting firm CargoNet received 447 reports of  cargo theft in the third quarter of 2016. The 447 total reports – which included 309 incidents of vehicle theft, 201 incidents of theft of cargo and 25 incidents of fraud –
U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced this week he will establish an advisory committee on automated transportation, meant to help regulators frame policy around the development and deployment of automated
Two FMCSA advisory committees this week stamped their approval on recommendations to the agency regarding which truck drivers should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea before being cleared to drive.
XPO Logistics announced it has sold its truckload business –the bulk of which came via a October 2015 acquisition of Con-way — to TransForce Inc. (No. 7 in the CCJ Top 250) for approximately $558 million in cash
Volvo Trucks North America gave industry press and fleet customers an up close look this week at the company’s new Volvo Active Driver Assist system in a track demonstration in Laurens, S.C., showing off the crash avoidance tech meant to prevent
